Man finds $1,000 at York Fair and turns it in

'If it's not yours, don't take it,' Roy McMillan said

Roy McMillan, posing here in the York Expo Center on Friday, said he didn't even know how much money was in the bag he discovered at the grandstand of the York Fair on Wednesday. He just closed it and handed it over to his supervisor. (YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS--JASON PLOTKIN)

York, PA -

Every year, Roy McMillan takes vacation from his job at York Hospital -- where he has worked for 35 years -- to work at the York Fair as a member of the cleaning crew at the grandstand.

At about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, McMillan, 55, was cleaning up when he spotted a white paper bag on the counter of the Dutch Country Soft Pretzels stand.

"I picked it up because I thought there were pretzels in it," the York man said. "I opened the bag up and saw money."

It was a lot of money. McMillan didn't count it. He said he didn't even touch it. He immediately took the bag to his supervisor.

Not long after, he saw a man rush into the grandstand and make a beeline for the pretzel stand. "I saw him rooting around and went over to talk to him," McMillan said.

The man was panicked. He told McMillan that he had lost some money and had no idea where it might be. He had looked in his car and on his path to his car and had retraced his steps to his stand. McMillan told the man he had found the money and turned it in to his supervisor.

The man and his money were reunited.

The bag contained about $1,000.

Fair president Gene Schenck said it's not uncommon for people to turn in a wallet to the York Fair office. "... almost every year we have somebody who loses a wallet with a couple hundred dollars in it," he said. "But this time it was a lot more money."

Schenck said he thought it was a "really good thing" that McMillan turned the cash in so it could be returned it its owner.

McMillan didn't think anything of it. He said he did not receive a reward for finding and turning in the money and didn't think it was necessary. He had done what anyone else would have done.

"That wasn't anything," he said. "That's the way I was raised. If it's not yours, don't take it. Do the right thing, that's all."